A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s founder

Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by shkkmo on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:04PM (#27912783)

Except in this case, Frank used a pseudonym and the only reason why Franks's coworkers feel uncomfortable is because a Twitter admin outed Frank and alleged Frank said things on other platforms that Frank denies having said.

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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by colinmhayes on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:36PM (#27913048)

Frank has no right to anonymity. If someone wants to tell all his coworkers what he said they have just as much right as Frank does to say those things.

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Re:A Twitter thread sparked a lawsuit against Nieman Lab’s f... by shkkmo on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:42PM (#27913563)

And to face the consequences for that speech, such as the lawsuit that is the subject of this article.

I think there are real societal costs to encouraging the removal of anonymity, especially using less than ethical methods and more especially when it causes real harm to people. In this case it was perhaps just losing a job, but often it results in significant risks of real physical harm.

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